A moderately liberal Democraticly-themed blog
I ask the question in the title in all seriousness, because it will help determine how, how much, or even whether to compromise with the GOP at all over the next two years (depending on what the GOP offering and is willing to compromise on themselves, of course). And while, in a perfect world, many [...]
“Join me in a drink to celebrate our mutual dissatisfaction.” – Commander Shran Star Trek: Enterprise episode “Cease Fire” So a Obama-GOP Tax Cut Compromise has been reached. I think all and all, it’s a rather reasonable agreement, considering the circumstances. It includes some shit we don’t like (extension of tax cuts for the rich [...]
It is no surprise that the GOP in the Senate (plus 5 Democrats, four who preferred the “Millionaire option” and Feingold who wants everything to expire) voted down the proposal to extend tax cuts for only income under $250k 53-36. An alternative only expiring cuts for those over $1 million also failed by the same [...]
The Democrats currently find themselves in a bit of a bind regarding the extension of Bush’s Tax cuts in the last month of the year. Remember, the tax cuts expire on January 1st, but the Congress is really going to only be in session for about two more weeks, so that’s how much time the [...]
